🍿EPISODE 1: WHO SAYS I’M MARRYING INTO ROYALTY? Started this drama today, and it feels like I have been anticipating and waiting for this since I finished Lovely Runner back in summer in 2024. As soon as I heard the opening song during the intro, the drama had my undivided attention for the next 70 (?) minutes. The anticipation did not lead to disappointment, and I felt so relieved. The first episode highkey blew me away. Not necessarily because it’s the best TV-show ever made, but because it ended up being the right combo of right time and right TV show for me. It’s just the type of watch I needed now! There are many things that are extremely appealing with this show. The modern monarchy setting opens a lot of doors for them to play with visuals in terms of set and custom design. In addition, there is the combo Byeon Woo-Seok and IU. By no means, are these the best acting performances I have seen, but BWS def has effortless charisma, and while IU’s performance is slightly annoying sometimes, it also feels kinda intentional for the character. I think people close to the character who adore her also find her kinda annoying sometimes, if that makes sense? Either way, there was truly something that brought about that nostalgic TV-show excitement from my high school days🥹

🍿EPISODE 18: THE COUNTERATTACK OF MEMORIES Omg, I hate that I watched this show so quickly!! I’m soon finished, and it breaks my heart 🥺 With that being said, OH MY GOD!!! The queen’s cousin has to be the biggest prick of an antagonist??? He is so infuriating, I can’t get over it. They should have done a KDrama slowmo of the queen shooting him with an arrow where you see the arrow hit his leg several times. I would be sat here smiling!! This man had to be SHOT WITH AN ARROW to take no for an answer!!! Something tells me that was his ego’s last straw, and that he will finally turn on the queen now. I say finally bc I cannot take one more second of him "protecting her" selfishly while thinking he’s oooh so selfless. If he really loved her and wanted to protect her and risk it all, he would have done like Eui Bin. He would have recognized his mistakes and atoned for them. But alas, when you are indeed weak in character (like a LIL BITCH), the palace will swallow u whole. I’m laughing at myself rereading this because it truly sounds like these are real events 😭😭